Freezer-docs

How To Use Freezer

Keystone v2.0 and v3 authentication is supported for freezer.

v2.0:

 export OS_BACKUP_URL=http://192.168.33.10:9090
 export OS_AUTH_URL=http://192.168.33.10:5000/v2.0
 export OS_USERNAME=admin
 export OS_PASSWORD=quiet
 export OS_TENANT_NAME=admin
 export OS_REGION_NAME=RegionOne
 export OS_IDENTITY_API_VERSION=2

v3:

 export OS_BACKUP_URL=http://192.168.33.10:9090
 export OS_AUTH_URL=http://192.168.33.10:5000/v3
 export OS_USERNAME=admin
 export OS_PASSWORD=quiet
 export OS_PROJECT_DOMAIN_NAME=admin
 export OS_USER_DOMAIN_NAME=admin
 export OS_PROJECT_NAME=admin
 export OS_REGION_NAME=RegionOne
 export OS_IDENTITY_API_VERSION=3

on windows, replace "export" by "set"

Scheduler

Client Registration

Make the agent/scheduler available to the api/cli/ui

 freezer-scheduler register

Verify the client is registered correcly

for kilo, liberty and mitaka

 freezer-scheduler client-list

for newton onwards

 freezer client-list

Here is an example:

client_id	hostname	description
padawan-ccp-comp0001-mgmt	padawan-ccp-comp0001-mgmt	padawan-ccp-comp0001-mgmt
padawan-ccp-c0-m1-mgmt	padawan-ccp-c0-m1-mgmt	padawan-ccp-c0-m1-mgmt
padawan-ccp-comp0002-mgmt	padawan-ccp-comp0002-mgmt	padawan-ccp-comp0002-mgmt

Start the Scheduler

In order to poll the api to get new jobs, actions, etc. we need to start the scheduler

make sure to use the credentials for keystone v2.0 or v3 and you are root or Administrator on Windows

 freezer-scheduler start

Verify the scheduler is running

 freezer-scheduler status

Stop the scheduler

 freezer-scheduler stop